Il24 REPORT ov omrE of kxpkrimrnt stations, 



lizors, and a<;ricultiiral procliicls, niiscollanooiis analytical work, 

 (>.\l)i'i'imonts with tobacco, referee woik for the Association of (Xlicial 

 A<riicultural Chemists of the United States; meteorology; horticul- 

 ture — variety tests of small fruits, experiments with crown <j:all of 

 fruit trees, fjrowin^ f^insen*;; field experiments — rotation experiments 

 with fertilizers, rotation of len;nmes foi- soilinjr ])uri)oses, tobacco cul-" 

 ture, variety tests of farm (•roi)s; feeding exi)eriments— investifja- 

 tions in animal nuti'ition in the respiration calorimetei-, feed in<r steers, 

 and correlated chemical studies on the I'chitive losses from the manure 

 of fattening- cattle undei' diH'ei'cnt conditions of fee(lin<j^; dairyint; — 

 l)uildin«]: up a herd from common stock, f«'edin<; and care of dairy 

 cows. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station durin*^ the past fiscal year was as follows : 



United States apijropriation .$15,000.00 



State appropriation, including balance from previous 



year 1,141.08 



Fees 13, 284. (in 



Farm products 4,453. 43 



Miscellaneous 250. 13 



Total .34,120.89 



A report of the receipts and expenditures of the United States fund 

 has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed by this 

 Department and has been approved, 



PUBLICATIONS, 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were: Bulletins 67-70, and the Annual Reports for 1903 and 1904, 

 The bulletins are on the following subjects: Variety tests of wheat, 

 methods of steer feeding, the annual report of the director, and condi- 

 mental, tonic, and other stock foods. 



PORTO RICO. 



Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, Mniiapiics. 



Under the supervision of A. C. True, Director, Oflice of Exi)eriment Stations, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 



D. W. May, M. Agr., Special Agent in Charge. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The Porto Rico Station has continued its former investigations and 

 taken up field operations with rice and other crops, paying special 

 attention to methods of culture and the use of fertilizers. Lowland 



